Phorm

[Nicholas Bohm]

Ben Laurie wrote:
> Ian Batten wrote:
>> But of course sites use a zillion other authentication mechanisms.  
>> There's the ``remember me'' cookie mechanism, used because a lot of 
>> web browsers don't support saved passwords.
> 
> Or perhaps because sending your password in plain text with every 
> request is the height of stupidity?

Or at any rate best reserved for sites like newspapers where the 
password is for their benefit and not yours.

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